Grytten, Frode
1960 -

Frode Grytten is a Norwegian author and journalist born and raised in Odda, a small industrial community in southwest...

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Fontane, Theodor
1819 - 1898

The German author Theodor Fontane (Henri Théodore Fontane) was born to a Huguenot family in the Brandenburg garrison town ...

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Lehane, Dennis
1966 -

The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the...

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Saadawi, Nawal El
1931 - 2021

Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian writer and feminist. She was born and raised in a child-rich family in the small village...

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